Virupaksha Aithal

04/28/2017

The Forge Developer Conference (Forge DevCon), the largest gathering of design and engineering software developers in the world, is ramping up. This year we are partnering up with Autodesk University (AU). No longer do you need to choose between DevCon and AU. You can do both.

New for this year is call for proposals. We have expanded our efforts and want you to help shape the event. This year is unique as we will be:

Are you an expert in using Forge or the Fusion 360 APIs? Have you found creative ways to integrate and use Autodesk Forge in your real-life projects and products? Have you developed processes that improve company workflows and efficiency? Do you have ideas about where your industry is headed? Are you an expert in a web technology that complements Forge? If so, then you’re a candidate to speak at Forge DevCon.

Forge DevCon will be held over two days (Monday November 13th and Tuesday November 14th).

Monday classes will be open to Forge DevCon attendees only.

Tuesday classes will be open to all Forge DevCon and Autodesk University (AU) attendees and will be co-listed with the AU ‘Software Development’ Track.

Forge DevCon 2017 Themes

Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Manufacturing and Design

Cross Industry/General Programming Topics

All Forge DevCon classes should be related to Autodesk Forge, Autodesk Fusion 360, or complementary APIs.

Simply check the box on the proposal submission form that indicates your willingness for your class to be considered for Forge DevCon

Please note, your class will be reviewed by both the Forge DevCon and AU teams – and may be accepted to either conference.

Deadline to Submit Applications

Speaking proposals will be accepted via the website only from April 19 to May 17. No late applications will be considered.

Recommend A Speaker - New!

A new feature this year is “request a class or recommend a speaker”. Not ready to lead a class? Tell us what information you need to get started with Forge or bring your new cloud-based solution to life. What do you want to learn? Are there thought leaders, practitioners, and power users whose expertise and insights that would enrich DevCon? Help us to help you.

About Forge DevCon

The Forge Developer Conference (Forge DevCon) is the largest global gathering of design and engineering software developers. It is a conference that brings together over 1,500 software developers, engineers, business owners and information officers as a community interested in creating web and mobile applications that use the Autodesk Forge or Fusion 360 APIs.

AU Las Vegas 2017 is your chance to connect with the best in the business, share technical knowledge, solve unique business challenges, and gain a deeper understanding of cross-industry opportunities. Plus, you can learn best practices, stay on top of the latest trends, and experience advanced technology firsthand. Join your global community of professional designers and engineers as we explore the Future of Making Things.

08/31/2016

If you’ve been thinking about developing on the Autodesk® Forge Platform, Autodesk’s new cloud platform, or on Autodesk® Fusion 360™—or, if you’re just curious about learning more about these technologies and what they could do to help your business or your career—join us for our upcoming free online hackathon. This is our fourth online hackathon and you are welcome to participate in all or any part of it.

The Autodesk® App Store Forge and Fusion 360® Hackathon is an online event which consists of two segments:

A series of web training and open Q&A sessions related to the Autodesk Forge platform and Fusion 360 - open to anyone interested in learning about these APIs.

An online hackathon where developers can develop new apps on the Forge platform or on Fusion 360 for submission to Autodesk App Store.

We know that learning and implementing something new takes time and often gets put off so we’ve designed this event to give you the support you need - as well as a financial incentive - to motivate you to learn the APIs and publish your app on the Forge platform or on Fusion 360 in the Autodesk App Store. It will make taking action to publish apps simple and feasible.

The training webinars will help familiarize you with the Forge platform and in the open Q&A sessions you’ll have the opportunity to receive help in real-time from the Autodesk team answering your questions to help you develop your app(s). For all such new apps submitted to the Autodesk App Store by midnight on October 31, 2016 and accepted for publication in the store by November 30, 2016, each entrant of the Hackathon will receive US$ 500 for one eligible app per entrant.

You may attend the educational webinars without publishing an app. Click here for Webinar only registration or get full details and register for the Hackathon at http://autodeskforge.devpost.com. If you register for the Hackathon you will automatically be registered for the webinars. They will be recorded so that you can view them at your convenience.

Visit the pages on the Hackathon website to learn more about the opportunities and resources for developing on Forge, Fusion 360 and publishing in the Autodesk App Store and if you have questions send us an email.

To install this update1. Close all software applications.2. Navigate to the folder where your Autodesk product is installed. C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20173. Right-click AecModeler.dbx and rename it as AecModeler.bak.4. Download the files to a location on your local computer.5. Copy the downloaded file (AecModeler.dbx) (from the 32-bit or 64-bit sub-folder depending on whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit software) to your product installation folder

To remove this update1. Close all software applications.2. Navigate to the folder where your Autodesk product is installed, C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 20173. Delete AecModeler.dbx (the file you downloaded and installed).4. Rename AecModeler.bak to AecModeler. dbx

07/22/2016

Below code shows the procedure to load and run a VBA macro through .NET command. Here AutoCAD ActiveX API LoadDVB & RunMacro is used. As the code uses dynamic keyword, to use this code no need to refer the AutoCAD ActiveX (interop) references.

07/21/2016

Below code shows the procedure to unload all the PDF underlays. It is required to update the corresponding PDF underlay references , so that AutoCAD can update the model space graphics. For this, the “PdfDefinition.GetPersistentReactorIds” API is used to get all the references of the PDF underlay definition.